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Christopher R. Cole

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Christopher has a degree in Politics and Law from the University of Southampton and a Masters in Human Rights Law from the University of Nottingham. He qualified as a Solicitor in 1998 and has specialised in immigration and asylum law ever since.

Having worked in London for a number of years, Christopher moved to Yorkshire in 2001. He headed the Immigration Team at Parker Rhodes before establishing Cole & Yousaf Solicitors in 2007.

Christopher specialises in complex asylum and human rights cases, although he has extensive experience across the whole spectrum of immigration law. He is accredited at the highest level of the Law Society's Immigration & Asylum Accreditation Scheme ' Immigration Law Advanced. He has been recognised as a Leading Individual in immigration law by the Chambers UK directory for a number of years having been praised for his 'sharp intellect and inspiring level of knowledge and commitment' and is also recommended in the Legal 500.

Christopher is Chair of the Law Society's Immigration Law Committee and co-convenor of the Immigration Law Practitioners' Association's Yorkshire & the North East Sub-committee.

Practice Area

Panel

  • Contributing Author

Membership

  • Chair of the Law Society's Immigration Law Committee
  • Co-convenor of the Immigration Law Practitioners' Association's Yorkshire & the North East Sub-committee

1 Contributions by Christopher R. Cole

Archived pre-Brexit: Home Office retention of passports and valuable documents—legal basis, policy, and options for fresh applications and voluntary departure in UK immigration law
PRACTICE NOTES
Archived pre-Brexit: Home Office retention of passports and valuable documents—legal basis, policy, and options for fresh applications and voluntary departure in UK immigration law
Important note—Archived Practice Note This Practice Note is no longer maintained, as it concerns the position before the rollout of simplified Immigration Rules and processes around, and leading up to, the end of the Brexit transition period. It is kept as an archive for historic interest. The Home Office operates a policy of keeping important original documents where an in-country application has been refused or treated as invalid, in cases where the applicant holds no leave other than statutory leave under sections 3C or 3D of the Immigration Act 1971 (IA 1971). Note that IA 1971, s 3D was removed with effect from 1 December 2016. For more detail, see Practice Note: Dealing with curtailment and cancellation. This approach has caused various practical problems, for example when making a fresh application for leave to remain or arranging voluntary departure. This Practice Note addresses these elements of document retention: the principal legislation and relevant Home Office guidance the choices where the Home Office has kept documents after a refusal and the applicant intends to submit a further application the choices available where the Home Office has ...
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